Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-13
HIST DRY OF i. WEEK..


HISTORY OF THE WEEK.
The Utah constitutional convention
has undertaken to grapple with the Nor
smon-p olygamy question. Sections have
been proposed providing that bigany and
polygamy being considered incompatible
with q republican form Of government,
each Of them is hereby forbidden and de-
clared a misdemeanOr, The punishment
for violation is q fine not exceeding BOO
months nor more than three years. The
section shall be construed as operative
without legislation and offenses prohibited
will not be barred by any statute Of imita-
ton, nor shall the power Of pardon extend
thereunto until such pardon be approved
amendments, revision, or change to the
foregoing section shall not become q law
till ratified BY congress and the president OF
the United States. These sections have
been agreed to in committee and caucus,
and it is thought will doubtedly be passed
think this win prove; the settlement Of the
vexatious Mormon problem. Ii sSl.S
At Peru, Ind, on the 9th, John Chris
hanson was lynched for shooting DR.. North,
the surgeon in charge Of Wabash, st. Louis
& Pacific R. R., hospital at Peru. Christian
sons step-daughter married against hia
wishes. He called to see her and begsy
beating her, but was frightened away bn
several men, including DR.. North, when the
shooting followed. Twenty-Five maskep
men appeared at the jail aud demanded the
keys. This demand was refused and the
mob broke down the large iron door and in
fifteen minutes had .Christianson in their
possession. Hs was taken to the bridge
crossing the Wabash river, where he was
twice strung up, the first time without the
desired result, but the second time his lite
was extinguished. The lynching was wit
messed by about 10000 people. -, u. 4 i. a.
The regular monthly cotton crop re-
port of the Memphis district, which en-
braces West Tennessee, North Mississippi,
North Arkansas and North Alabama, pub
weather during June has in the main been
favorable to cotton. Rain, which was
needed in many localities, fell during the
last three days of the month, and copious
showers have fallen throughout the district
within the past four days, which have been
OF material benefit to both cotton'an corn.
With rare exception our 3l2 correspondents
as rule report good stands, with the plant
forming and blooming we'll. The condition
OF the crop is not only more favorable than
last year, but is on an average fully two
weeks earlier. Most promising outlook for
cotton. d.
1t has been discovered that fifty or
sixty Chinese Miners have been murdered
in the placer mines on the Smoke river, in
Oregon. 1t is the impression that these
have been committed for the pur-
pose of robbing the Chinese OF their gold
dust, and that the crimes were perpetrated
by white men. The Chinese minister at
is said to have been commune
Gated with regarding the outrages. Idaho
papers are calling loudly on Gov. Penloyer
the perpetrators by offering rewards. The
Chinese believe there is an organized band
of nti-Mongolian vigilantes raiding the
placer mining regions, and they are fearful
lest other sections of the upper county be
visited and more crimes committed. i
Hon. Duncan F. Kenner, a promin-
emit and representative citizen, president of
the Louisiana Jockey Club, president of the
Sugar Planters Association and identified
with many leading enterprises in that city
New Orleans, July 3 aged "a years Mr..
Kenner was formerly a. member of congress
and confederate commissioner to France
and also one of the tariff commission APP
pointed by President Arthur. ~
July l, the boiler Of an engine driv-
ing threshing machine on the farm of
John Bark, near Mascoutah, ILL.,, exploded.
J ohn Plob, the engineer, was blown seventy
five feet into the air and instantly killed.
One Of his legs was found 500 feet from the
engine. His brother William had both legs
broken. Herman Lenkemever had an arm
blown off. Ed Schutler had leg broken.
The thresher and two wagons were burned
and two horses killed.
It is reported from Bradley county
that Henry Hamilton a wealthy
planter and stockman, was lynched. Hamil-
ton and man named Deberrey recently
murdered two brothers named Harris
Efforts were then made to lynch the MUIR
derers, but they escaped. Later Hamilton
was recaptured and released on bail. The
report now is that the mob took vengeance
on him Friday night. =
At Denver, Colorado, the death of
John A. Winter, president of the Percheron
Norman Horse company, and one of the
most prominent citizens of the state, was
announced Sunday as the result of catarrah
of the stomach. It is now charged that Mr..
Writer'S death was caused from arsenical
poisoning, and that there has been a crime
committed. -'.
(. At Cheyenne, Wyoming, at 2 o'clock
Wednesday morning fire completely de-
stroyed the stock of dry goods of Cowhich
& Whitcomb, valued at S125 900, and dam
aged the building $115,00O Stock insured
CSC, 600, building insured 5000. Insurance
distributed between 80 Eastern and foreign
companies. Cause of fire unknown.
About three weeks since, fourteen
tramps were arrested near Canton, o.,
where they had territorized farmers for sew
eral days. They were subsequently indicted
under the tramp law and test case was
made. Friday they were found guilty and
twelve of them were sentenced to one years
in the penitentiary.
+ The Missouri state supreme court, in
the case of Brooks, alias Maxwell, COM
demned for the murder sof &c. Z Arthur
Preller, and sentenced TO be- hanged Aug.
IL, overruled the motion for q rehearing A
reprieve was granted to the defendant until
Aug 26. The defense viii make no further
effort in the Case. Ssias s s:,1z.Ss b
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